I live below you in Bayswater Nth. Great to have locals.
----- Original Message -----
From: <D.Jo
...@bom.gov.au>
To: "austpacwx" <austpacwx@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 7:02 PM
Subject: [austpacwx] Re: Super High.
> Latest progs suggest this monster might park itself across the whole
> of OZ come the end of the week. A few days off, so hopefully the progs
> flip.
> Currently, OZ is in the running for its driest August on record, and
> even in the "wet" parts things aren't really that wet - eg Melbourne
> CBD is just half of the average.
> Locally we still need 30mm to average in the Dandenongs, and I'm not
> totally confident we will get it..
> DJ
> On Aug 18, 7:50 am, D.Jo...@bom.gov.au wrote:
>> It hasn't rained in Perth for 14 days, and could be fine all this week
>> - just the chance of a shower. I would expect that must be getting
>> close to a record for winter.
>> We are very lucky that this monster high is over the SW of OZ (where
>> autumn/winter rainfall has been OK) rather than over the SE where our
>> autumn/winter rainfall was a shocker.
>> DJ
>> On Aug 17, 8:37 pm, "Keith Barnett" <r81n-...@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>> > There was a 1046 high over Tasmania in June 1967, and more recently, I
>> > saw one at 1042 in the western Bight, probably about 10 years
>> > ago..can't remember. But spare a thought for the Falkland Islands..one
>> > July some years back they had 1052mb..and it's Lat 55° S.
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Clyve Herbert
>> > To: austpacwx@googlegroups.com
>> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:25 PM
>> > Subject: [austpacwx] Super High.
>> > Hi all rather staggered to see pending for the latter part of the
>> > coming week a bloody big super high south of Perth estimated to reach
>> > 1046hpa, bad for southern WA but good for us Vics with a good cold air
>> > field spreading over southeast Aust Thursday....Not sure what the
>> > records are for high pressure in the Australian region but 1046 will
>> > get pretty close to the highest pressures I have seen in the Australian
>> > region for a long time, I do recall a high pressure in the late 60's
>> > maybe reaching 1048 in the Australian Bight during August but cant
>> > recall the year...regards Clyve H
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